Three-time PRCA Bareback Riding World Champion Tim O’Connell is going to miss the early part of the 2024 season with a groin injury.
He posted on Instagram Thursday morning that he head been dealing with a partial tear during the last year and the injury was re-aggravated at the 2023 National Finals Rodeo.
O’Connell did not give a timetable for his return.
“Guided by my trusted doctors and (my wife Sami), we have made our way to Philadelphia, where Doc Meyer will reattach everything,” he wrote on Instagram. “Thank you all for the support and I’ll be back healthy and ready to roll!”
The Iowa native is coming off a 2023 season in which he qualified for his 10th straight NFR and finished No. 9 in the final PRCA World Standings. He has not finished outside the Top 10 since 2013.
